Returning to the track on another sunny day the Powell Panther boys’ track team sprinted away with the team title in Lovell — finishing 71 points ahead of second place Lovell as the Panthers used strong depth to propel them to a team title.

Overall for Powell there were two double event winners, as Daniel Merritt won the 800 meters (2:02.64) and 1600 meters (4:42.66); while Hyrum Jeide swept the hurdle races, winning the 110 meter hurdles (16.78) and the 300 meter hurdles (41.93).

The other individual victor on the day was Cody Seifert in the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 9 1/4 inches. A new qualifying mark came from Nathan Dupont in the same event, just reaching qualifying (20-2 1/4) to earn his first individual qualifying standard of the season.

“Nathan and Ine [Kolstad] are those unexpected blessings you get on occasion from the foreign exchange program,” coach Scott Smith said. “They are two of the nicest kids you’d ever meet and it was great to see them hit those automatic qualifiers.”

Powell had one relay victory, as the sprint medley team of Seeger Wormald, Simon Shoopman, Evan Whitlock and McKale Foley (4:13.65) pushed ahead of the competition.

The Panthers continue to see improving results week by week, something Smith said is due to the team both young and old continuing to push each other.

“It has been great to see how our team leaders, both seniors and
underclassmen, keep coming through and improving each week,” Smith said. “They all have been working very hard and it is paying off.”

WEEKEND SPLIT

Powell is scheduled to take part in two meets this weekend, starting with the Wyoming Track Classic on Friday at Kelly Walsh.

Smith is hopeful the Panthers will get a large group invited to the meet.

Powell will then take a likely younger group to Cowley on Saturday to take part in the Rocky Mountain Invitational.

“Rocky will be the last meet for many of our kids as we pare down to the kids that will be going to regionals,” Smith said.

LOVELL INVITE

* Denotes state qualifying mark

Team scores: 1. Powell 172, 2. Lovell 101, 3. Burlington 96, 4. Rocky Mountain 59, 5. Worland 50, 6. Greybull 25, 7. Riverside, 8. Meeteetse 0

100 meters: 2. Cody Seifert 11.74, 13. Nathan Dupont 12.35, 14. Evan Whitlock 12.36, 16. McKale Foley 12.45, T24. Ryan Cordes 12.92, 30. Treyson Norris 13.1, 32. Toby Sessions 13.24

200 meters: 6. Cody Seifert 24.49, 16. Shane Kirkpatrick 26.63, 20. Nathan Dupont 27.2, 22. Seeger Wormald 27.48, 24. Toby Sessions 27.53, 29. Taeson Schultz 28.65

400 meters: T5. Thomas Shuman and Shane Kirkpatrick 1:00.02

800 meters: 1. Daniel Merritt 2:02.64*, 6. Korbyn Warren 2:15.93, 7. Liam Taylor 2:17.79, 10. Josh Pfeifer 2:22.04, 12. Landon Hyde 2:26.04, 13. Tate Allred 2:31.63, 14. Thomas Shuman 2:33.49, 15. Colin Walker 2:45.26

1600 meters: 1. Daniel Merritt 4:42.66*, 3. Korbyn Warren 4:52.8, 4. Liam Taylor 4:59.65, 9. Josh Pfeifer 5:21.13, 11. Tate Allred 5:36.69

3200 meters: 3. Colin Walker 12:30.94

110 meter hurdles: 1. Hyrum Jeide 16.78, 2. Simon Shoopman 16.8, 4. Jeremy Harms 18.67, 6. Treyson Norris 19.49, 10. Evan Staidle 20.02, 11. Tyler Wenzel 21.77, 12. Michael Legerski 23.12

300 meter hurdles: 1. Hyrum Jeide 41.93*, 2. Simon Shoopman 42.67*, 8. Wyatt Heffington 50.13, 9. Jeremy Harms 50.68, 11. Tyler Wenzel 55.58

4x100 relay: 3. Hyrum Jeide, Adam Williams, Simon Shoopman and Nathan Preator 48.09

4x400 relay: 2. Liam Taylor, Daniel Merritt, Korbyn Warren and Josh Pfeiffer 3:40.54; 3. Evan Whitlock, McKale Foley, Hyrum Jeide and Jace Hyde 3:51.36

1600 sprint medley: 1. Seeger Wormald, Simon Shoopman, Evan Whitlock and McKale Foley 4:13.65

High jump: 3. Jace Hyde 5-8, T4. Nathan Dupont 5-6, 6. Nathan Preator 5-4, T10. Landon Hyde and Taeson Schultz 5-2

Pole vault: 2. Jeremy Harms 11-6, 4. Wyatt Heffington 11-0, 8. Adam Williams 10-0

Long jump: 1. Cody Seifert 20-9 1/4*, 2. Nathan Dupont 20-2 1/4*, 13. Ryan Cordes 16-10 1/2, 18. Evan Staidle 15-9 1/4, 19. Tevon Schultz 15-7 1/2, 20 Shane Kirkpatrick 15-4 ¾

Triple jump: 4. Nathan Preator 37-8 1/4, 7. Tevon Schultz 35-5, 8. Evan Staidle 34-11 1/2, 11. Taeson Schultz 31-10 3/4, 13. Seeger Wormald 31-0, 14. Ryan Cordes 30-0 1/4

Shot put: 3. Jonathan Harms 38-1 1/2, 8. Keenan Wenzel 35-4 3/4, 9. Wesley Preator 35-2, Gabe Weimer 32-9 3/4, 23. Johnathon Moody 30-2 1/4, 25. Jeff McFarland 29-3 3/4 

Discus: 3. Jonathan Harms 111-1, 5. Gabe Weimer 107-6, Wesley Preator 87-1, Keenan Wenzel 85-3, Johnathon Moody 73-9